360°view - insights

The global economic downturn of 2008 was the worst since the Great Depression of 1929. Ten years on, we ask what governments, asset owners, operators and the supply chain might learn from this disruption and how to create significant competitive advantage in the years to come.

In this issue of 360°viewwe assess how to navigate disruption, offering a series of perspectives to respond to change and improve the performance of project and programmes in the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

International construction market survey

The 2018 international construction market survey brings together data and experience from 46 markets around the world, to provide an insight into the current state and direction of travel of the global construction industry. This year it also brings optimism.

Data centre cost index

Covering 32 global markets, our data centre cost indexis the industry’s only cost index specific to data centre construction.This year, we have chosen to share the index results, as well as an indicative construction cost per watt (US$/w) for each location. This is further supplemented by a separate parametric cost for shell and core construction in each location, with an accompanying index.